Tug-strap holder for looms



(No Model.)

A. E. BRAY. TUG STRAP HOLDER POE LOOMS.

No. 413,018. Patented Oct. 15, 1889 UNITED STATES a'rnnr rricn.

ANDREW E. BRAY, OF NEWV BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TUG-STRAP HOLDER FOR LOOMS.

SIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,018, dated October 15, 1889. Application fil d July 9,1889. Serial No. 316,904. on model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW E. BRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Tug-Strap Holders for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a picker-staff having my improved tug-strap holder adjusted thereon. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the tug-strap holder when removed from the picker-stair. Fig. 3 is a side view of a picker-staff, showing a modification of my im proved tug-s trap hold er adapted to go on the edge of the picker-staff; and Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1, a represents a picker-staff of a loom, and b is the tug-strap holder.

0 is a leather thimble secured to the upper endjfof the holder and inclosing the pickersta I f is an offset in the holder, a depression or recess in which rests the tug-strap g.

d d are holes in the lower end of the tugstrap holder, of a size to fit the stud e, on which the lower end of the picker-stafi is pivoted.

In Fig. 3, 1) represents the tug-strap holder, which is secured to the picker-staff a by means of the leather thimbles c c, which are made fast to the holder. The lower thimble c is provided with the projection h, having a number of holes in it, as fully shown in Fig. 4.

In order to adjust the tug-strap holder shown in Fig. 1, so as to give a greater or less throw to the picker-stafi, the retaining-pin in the stud e is removed, and the lower end of the tug-strap holder removed from the stud e and adjusted to thedesired height by means of the holes cl (1.

In order to adjust the tug-strap holder shown in Fig. 3, the screw i is removed from the picker-staff and the tugstrap holder moved up or down, as desired, when the screw dis adjusted in another hole of the projee tion h.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A tug-strap holder for looms, consisting of the barb, having offset f, formed with a depression or recess adapted to receive and hold the tug-strap, and provided with a thimble 0, adapted for inclosing the picker-start, and having a series of holes for the reception of a device for holding it in place upon the picker-staff, as and for the purpose shown and described.

2. A tug-strap holder for looms, consisting of the bar I), having offset fiformed with a depression or recess to receive and hold the tug-strap, the thimbles c c, and the projection 77., secured to thelowerthimble c, and provided with a series of holes for the reception of a fastening-screw for securing the tug-strap holder in place upon the picker-staff, substantially as shown and described.

ANDREW-E. BRAY.

Witnesses: J. L. GILLINGHAM, HENRY W. MAsoN. 

